Mom’s Moment
January 4, 2009

Hope this helps each of us pay a little more attention to what we're doing with the time we have here on earth. Sometimes time can crawl at a very slow rate of speed. Other times it flies by!! Dad and I just celebrated our 29th anniversary, and we did our 2nd "10 year predictions/evaluations". It seems like a BLINK ago that Denzel was 8 and we were making predictions like "Rod WON'T be the bishop..." Boy, we were WAY off!!! We also didn't come close to predicting Kristy and Amelia would be involved in dance at all! Or that we'd have anything to do with a bunch of horses like we have, or that I would EVER teach piano lessons...and love it. We also NEVER guessed we'd ever own a grand piano!
We have been very blessed to have kept this record since April 3, 1988 (it started with April General Conference for some reason)!
So, please keep a record of your evaluations...find a notebook or something that you'll keep just for that purpose. It is priceless!!
Love,
Mom
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Have you thought of doing a "personal inventory" at the end of the year, or the beginning of a new year? It’s a good way to take an honest look at yourself, what you’re doing well, what you have learned, and perhaps help you look at things you need to fix, improve or do better with.
Here are some suggestions to help with the process:
This past year I learned:______________________________________________
I improved_______________________________________________________
Think along the lines of the Medicine Wheel– physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually -- then look at: attitude, behavior, communication, desires (appetites/passions/addictions), ego, and family/friends.
Don’t be too hard on yourself, but also try to be realistic. If you want to use the point system to help with evaluation do so on a scale of 1-9. One being low and needing lots of improvement, nine being high and doing well.
Once you have scored yourself, see what you’re doing well with, and also the areas that need some improvement.
Choose a few things you would like to work on and set some goals. Then refer back to the 19 Rules